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A ying limestone scholar’s rock of dark
brownish-grey colour, with vertical striations, deeply furrowed with many projections and crevices and some apertures resulting in a mountain form with high peaks. The stone is finely textured with some cream veining. On a wood stand.
18th century
Total length: 17 3/4”, 45 cm
For related ying rocks, see Hu, The Spirit of Gongshi: Chinese Scholars’ Rocks, no. 140, p. 102; China’s Rare Stones, no. 523; and Mowry, Worlds Within Worlds, no. 33, pp. 214-5 and no. 38, pp. 222-5.
